Becoming customer obsessed: Why you should grow organically, not artificially 8 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am

In early stage tech startups, there are two major phases your business goes through. First up, there’s that portion during which you figure everything out, discovery mode.  And after that’s done you c...

Amazon will open a Santa Monica office. What does it mean for LA Tech? 1 Aug 2013 | 09:22 am

Two days ago LA Biz Journal announced that Amazon.com is negotiating a 75,000 square foot corporate office in Santa Monica’s Water Garden.   They chose a majestic and upscale location for their office...

The Myth of the Series A Crunch 29 Jul 2013 | 08:51 am

The Myth of the Series A Crunch In 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo started a project in a trailer on the grounds of Stanford. The two were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford and...

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How Tint used a David Vs. Goliath narrative to get relevant press 19 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am

“The worst thing to happen is no one writes about you.  At the end of the day, you want people to CARE.”  - Tim Sae Koo, founder of Tint Why do some startups struggle to get PR when others seem to...

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Los Angeles – Capital of Monetization 14 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am

What defines LA?  Some might say sports. Some might say sprawl. Others might say entertainment.  But I think all those are offshoots of what LA is really good at: monetization. In a previous article,...

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How to NAIL your discovery mode (with case study) 6 Jul 2013 | 07:05 am

Are you still figuring out your product and market, or are you truly ready to grow? On Monday, Howard, chair of StartEngine, wrote an article urging startups to understand what mode their company ...

Does raising capital mean you should shift into growth mode? 6 Jul 2013 | 06:15 am

How much money you raise is a metric of success, but is it always right? Raising money and spending it wisely are two different games. In startup-land, people seem to equate raising money with havin...